Velorution – Danish man w three children on red Christiania, originally uploaded by velorution. Nassim Taleb has recently been debunking the arrogance of the medical profession, with the same verve he has used to lay naked the ignorance of bankers. He quotes Martial: Non habui febrem, Symmache, nunc habeo. I did not feel ill, Symmache; now I do (after your ministrations). And it is quite well-known that most doctors cannot answer correctly the following quiz: “Assume a test for a rare disease (which affects 1 person [...]

Peter Eland of VeloVision alerts me that Riese und Muller in Germany, manufacturers of the Birdy folders, will boycott US components: they won’t be buying any more US-made components for their machines, as a response to the US attack on Iraq. But how do they know whether the component makers are pro or against the war? Most of what I read from America is critical of Bush. (OK it may not be representative, but it includes people from the whole political spectrum). So r&m may [...]

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